Flying-machine.



J. A. HORNB. 11111111111101111111., 111111111311011 f1.1.nn A1=n.11. 1910.

Patented 11911.21, '1911.

J; A. EBENE. FLYING 1111101111111.4 APPLloATIoy FILED .11211. 141; 1910.

Patented 11811211911.

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Be it lmownjthat I JAMEsfA. ',HonNm, a citizen of the States, residing at Portland, in" thergcoutyQoL-Multnomah and State of O regqgi J-J'have- "invented certain new and usefulrovements in Flying- Machines, of which'I l 'e' followings a speci-1 Asation. f-

This invention comprehend's certain new and useful improvements inv .dying machines ofthe heavier-than-airtype, and the inventionhas forits p ima' object, van improved construction. Q f erop ne embodying 4"no ,vel

bodying .equalizingoystabilizing dev ices.

, The invention consists" in certain constructions, arran geme'nts and combinations of the partsl that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim. u f..

For a full 'understanding'o the invention, reference is to be -had to the'fo'llowing description Vand accompanying drawings in which; e Y `Figure 1 is afperspectiveview ofalying inachine construct-ed in a'ccordance with my invention.' Fig. 2' is Van elevation; 'of one form of actuating mechan1Sm;F1g. 3'1s an end view thereof@4 lFi' 4 is a sectional view 'of some parts of t e propelling vmec'haf nisrn; and Figs; 5' and j(i villustrate detail parts of 'a modification hereinafter specifically referred to;

Corresponding and like arts are referred to in the following description and indicated in 'all' the views ofthe accompanying drawings by the 'saine reference characters;

The framework of my improved' il ing' inachine' comprises i an' aeroplane whic in the present instance-is ofthe bi-p1ane type,- embodying annper plane 1- and a lower plane 2 :of any esired construction, the two panes' being connected' "together and braced ini-any, desired way. r

A. transverselyfextendin mai-n shaft. 3 is'I journaled in suitableearings on the lower plane 2, sui d shaft being rotated from a motor-4r by ineens of a' sprocket chain 5Y passing around a sprocket wheel 'G fastensaid shaft. The shaft 3 carr1es another fast sprocket '-wheeL 7,? and `a chairr- VSJ-passes around the sprocket 7 and'jaronnd" a similar wheel 9 whicjh is secured/to a countershaft 10 disposed underneath` the inainshaft ,3

and su ported in any desired way. Loose gear W eelsll are 'mounted-on the shaft 3 and I nesh with spur pinions 12 secured to y l Bpeoicatiqn o! Letters Patent. .appimamnemaparia mo. `:am: no.

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the shaft 10. #Movable with each of the vwheels 11 -arefftwo sprocket Wheels' designated =by. 13 and'lf respectively.l Chains 15 'lextend arond'the sprocket wheels 13 and also around 'the sprocket .wheels lsecured .to the inner ends of the Awin Ina :similar manner, sprocket c ains 18 extend-n around theI sprocket wheels .14 and around corresponding wheels` 19 secured .to theinner ends of the wing'shafts 20. 'The wing shafts 17 and 20 atlopposite sides' of vareseo'urecl to and project 'perpe dicularl from the main shaft '3. Theshafts 17 fan. 20 each carry a wling egr=bl-alde-22 which aire preferably concave onone faeeandconv'ex posedpof frames of any esit supporting the main 'body portions ofsilk, or .cloth vof any 'kind found-"suitable for the purpose and they 'preferably inwardly from all points.towartheeenter,as cle illustrated in the -:d anfing. The lower fmayy lie entirely the margins ofl the plane, or be inthe .nature of a" recess at one form. part of the resent inventiom'l have ing or'description apparatus;

libriumV ofthe device, I have provided two planesn the present embodiment of the in- ,vention .illustrated in Figa-1, bein(1r arranged at opposite ends ofthe upper pane 1` and lsmbstantially formingV parts thereof. These e ualizing planes designated 24' are ymount- Shafts' 17..

on `the other. 'These Qwi ys may be com'- 'V l character rlyplane 2 is' formedwith an openingjQS whichV edge of the plane jas 'illustrated in'Figf'L' for tlie machine are ]o i 1rn aled in arms 2 1 which@ vthe'fgearsisv properly proportioned for 'this It is also to bie understood thatj any type ci rudder or steering mechanism Imay. be employed, butV asf'the Same doesV notv l0() omitted, f o'r the sa e of clearness, any 'show-` off any spe'eilic steering I In order tomnintain or restore theA equisets ofg-equa-lizing p1anes,' said l `equalizing e to swing laterally so as topresent their edges or faces upwardly at the will-of the operatorLbut it 1s' to be understood that in the normal position of the planes 24, 'they are arranvedipraetically as illustrated in en with a crank and the cranks for one set of equallzing planes are all connected-'to a common actuating vrod 26. The

rods 26 are in vturn connected tothe hand levers 27 which may he fulcrumed at their lower ends on the lower planes 2, so ,that the operator may, by moving ,either lever, close either set of equaliringl planes 24, that is, swingthem to' a horizontal position and thereby secure i'nore resistanceat one end of the machine than the other, and thereby restore the equilibrium..- y It 1s to he understood th at iny invention limited lto theindi'vidual rotation vofv the several wings'. For instance,v as indi- 2o cated in F 5 and 6, the main shaft desighated 3 isprovided 4with perpendicular:

farms 2la and the wngs 22a While mounted to turn with their shafts 17 and 2()a in the ends of the arms 21sl are not intended to he a continuously rotated as they revolve about the main shaft. The wings 22, are, however, arranged tot-urn 'so that' they may be adjusted', .and 'for .such purpose, the shafts 3o 17a and QOa'are provided at one end with cranks 28 to which links 29 are pivotally connected at one end, and theopposite ends of the-llnks are mounted to travel in a cam `groofe' 30 1n a disk 3l whlehls'moun'tel to f3.5- turn on the shaft 3a. The'said disk 3l, is y provided with laterally extending arms disposed in parallel relationfto4 each other and connected at their, inner ends, to a disk tom'hich a-hanl lever is fastened. 4o ll'fanifestly. by mani'pulating'the Ahandlever 34, thefdisk 31 may be turned, and

. through thei-nstrurri'entali yofxthe links 29 and cranks 28 may ltlirn t e'wings-QQa sofas toho'ld them. wiitlr'tleir concave faces at dif? ferent/angles. Eor example, when this -arrangement Aof par-ts isi-employed, the. Wings 29j may haveA their Qoiicave faces facing Ldownwardly at the* time: the machine. is

' started, an'd eonsequently,as`. the shaft is' A.5o rotated,the wings will have'la tendency to raise the machine, .and after thefina'chine has i risen 'to ,the desired" height, the hand llever ,34 may-be shifted so; as to turn ther wings to the' position illustrated in 'Figa 6, 'wheres .55, upon the ccmtinuousl rotation of the shafts?al .'fwiil cause the machine te be. propelled for- -w-ai'fflly'.' Another advantage' of' this aragement is-t-hatwshould any of vthe mecha; jfiszm hecomehrokeii or in any wise'unfitted Fi ..1. 'heh plane 24de .provided at onel comiecte'd to the H1 for use, and should it become necessary to descend, all the wings 22 may be turned so that their concave surfaces may be disposed toward the earth, and the'entire set' of 'Wings may then act as aparachute and retard the descent of the flyin machine, thereby promoting the safety o the device and insuring that the operator may alight safely.

Having thus vdeacrihed I' the invention,` What 1s claimed as near 1s:

1. In a liying machine, a sustaining plane, a shaft Joilrnaled -therein,`meansfor rotating said shaft,.a countershaft operatively connected to the first-named shaft, arm-searricd by the first-named shaft, Wing shafts j ournaled in said arms, wings carried by the wing shafts, gear Wheels loose on thel first sprocket Wheels whereby to rotate the-coun -tershaft in the same-direction as the' first named shaft', arms carried the first-named .I shaft, Wingb'shafts journaled insaid arms,

wings 'carried by the wing' shafts, gear wheels loose on the first-named shafts, and

having drivingconnectionwith the Wing shafts, respectiwf/'elyv andv pinions secured to the countershaft andl meshing with said gear Wheels. '3. In a flying machine, a sustaining pla'ne,

`a sha-ftrjournal-ed therein, means for rotathaf-t operatively shaft,arms ear-h ricd by said-first named shaft, wingshafts journaledv inA said arms, Wings carried by ing said shaft,

tl'e'wing shafts, gear 'Wheels loose on the vlfirst named shaft, vand having driving ,com nection with the Wing shaftsrespectively," 'fand ,pinions scoured to the counter-shafts d ins" and meshing With 'said' gear Wheels as' and forthepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof, L aiix my vsignature. in presence 'of two witnesses.

JAMES-a, Home., [L .el

Witnesses:

JOHN L, RAND, Y Ein'rii STUMP. f y 

